Freight Forwarding by Industry
Every product category moves differently. A furniture program lives or dies on cube efficiency and wood-packaging compliance. An apparel program runs on season dates. Electronics carry battery and FCC rules that hold containers when they are missed. Platton runs freight by industry, with operations teams that already know the compliance, timing, and handling each vertical demands.
Pick your industry below. Each page covers the lanes, modes, customs rules, and account setup specific to that category, run as one accountable workflow from factory pickup to your US warehouse.
How Platton runs freight by industry
Platton is a freight forwarder, not a category-blind broker. The difference shows up in who handles your account. Instead of a general queue, your shipments are run by an operations team matched to your industry, people who already know which HTS chapters apply, which federal agencies touch your goods, and where the lane usually breaks.
That matters because most freight problems are category problems. A missed ISPM-15 stamp holds furniture. A late FDA prior notice holds food. A misdeclared battery holds electronics. An industry-matched team catches these before the container sails, not after it sits at the port accruing demurrage.
Industries we serve
Sixteen industry pages, grouped into four families by how their supply chains behave. Find the closest match. If your products span more than one family, the operations team builds a single program across all of them.
Retail and consumer brands
Demand-driven categories: high SKU counts, fast replenishment, retailer routing rules.
E-commerce and DTC
Small-parcel inbound, FBA prep, and fast replenishment for online brands.
Consumer Goods
Steady-volume container programs for packaged and branded consumer products.
Retail and Wholesale
Routing-guide compliant freight into retailer and distributor DCs.
Apparel and Fashion
Season-driven textile and garment freight with tight launch windows.
Regulated and high-compliance goods
Categories where a federal agency touches the entry: FDA, FCC, and battery rules.
Electronics
FCC, lithium-battery, and high-value handling for electronics imports.
Health and Wellness
FDA-regulated supplements and wellness products cleared without holds.
Beauty and Cosmetics
FDA cosmetic compliance and careful handling for beauty SKUs.
Food and Beverage
FDA and FSVP-compliant freight for shelf-stable food and beverage.
Home, furniture and heavy goods
Bulky and dense cargo where cube efficiency and handling decide the freight cost.
Home and Garden
Bulky, seasonal home and garden goods moved on cube-efficient plans.
Furniture
FCL, LCL, and breakbulk furniture freight with wood-packaging compliance.
Construction Materials
Heavy and oversized building materials with drayage and site delivery.
Industrial Equipment
Machinery and equipment freight, including breakbulk and project cargo.
Specialty and seasonal
Categories with timing-sensitive demand peaks or category-specific compliance.
Automotive Parts
Time-sensitive parts freight with HTS accuracy and core-charge handling.
Toys and Games
CPSC-compliant toy imports timed to hit the Q4 retail window.
Pet Products
Pet food, supplies, and accessories cleared under the right agency rules.
Sports and Outdoor
Seasonal sporting goods and outdoor equipment on bulk-friendly routings.
What every industry program includes
The category detail changes from one page to the next. The operating standard does not. Every Platton industry program runs on the same foundation.
Tell us what you import
Send us your categories, origins, and volume. The operations team scopes a single program across every industry you ship, with one customs relationship and one point of contact.